GFG Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 most of the time you can chalk up the chants you hear to college kids just being stupid...but to chant "smallpox blankets" is beyond poor taste in my opinion...good for UMD administration for addressing this issue... Check out this page, the people are saying the chants they did and acting like it's no big deal. http://www.umdpenaltybox.com/MessBoard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2660 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Check out this page, the people are saying the chants they did and acting like it's no big deal. http://www.umdpenaltybox.com/MessBoard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2660 wow...no brains, no headaches I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigskyvikes Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Them replies after the letter are awful! I cant believe people have no compassion anymore! And than to say its the fault of the UND for using the name, are these commenters a bunch of teenagers? I have been to a lot of away games and never heard this crap anywhere! But I have never been to a game in Duluth, all I can say is wow!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforce19 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Them replies after the letter are awful! I cant believe people have no compassion anymore! And than to say its the fault of the UND for using the name, are these commenters a bunch of teenagers? I have been to a lot of away games and never heard this crap anywhere! But I have never been to a game in Duluth, all I can say is wow!!!! I apologize to any UMD fans that may be reading this, but that fanbase has some of the biggest idiots I've ever come across in my life. The only respectable UMD fans I know are my cousin and the teller at Wells Fargo. To defend this kind of thing is ridiculous. I'm glad I was raised to have common sense and decency of what is appropriate and what is not. It's always our fault. You can't make this crap up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxhockey78 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I apologize to any UMD fans that may be reading this, but that fanbase has some of the biggest idiots I've ever come across in my life. The only respectable UMD fans I know are my cousin and the teller at Wells Fargo. To defend this kind of thing is ridiculous. I'm glad I was raised to have common sense and decency of what is appropriate and what is not. It's always our fault. You can't make this crap up. did the fan base for get there was a game 2 because I did notice a lot of empty seats while watching on TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagies Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 The only respectable UMD fans I know are my cousin and the teller at Wells Fargo. It's always our fault. You can't make this crap up. This had me laughing out loud. Just funny. And the last part, yep. It's popular to hate the Fighting Sioux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Five Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Every fan base has good and bad eggs, but UMD seems to have 2-3 that roam the web that make their entire fan base look stupid. Back on topic, absolutely disgusting what was chanted. I can't believe they can pre plan that and everyone involved just goes along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphinswin Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 What was chanted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen4sioux Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 So Accourding to these highly edumacatped UMD fans it's the university of North Dakotas fault in using the nickname that results in the actions of racist and abusive chants of their own creation and use?... I can only imagine, with that logic, ......what the UMD solution would have been to racist name calling directed towards African Americans or other ethnic bigotry......would they be howling for an entire race to change their names and visual identity as well?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I apologize to any UMD fans that may be reading this, but that fanbase has some of the biggest idiots I've ever come across in my life. The only respectable UMD fans I know are my cousin and the teller at Wells Fargo. To defend this kind of thing is ridiculous. I'm glad I was raised to have common sense and decency of what is appropriate and what is not. It's always our fault. You can't make this crap up. One clown said, it's their fault for wearing the jersey... DOH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticklethetwine Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 The fighting sioux usually wipe the floor with that team. They are lashing out because they can't beat us. It is classic jealous behavior in which they are lashing out. I truly feel sorry. Not to sorry as they have our trophy from last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissSioux85 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 A bit ironic that this story hits the press the day after the dust up about the racist chants - White supremacy group plans Duluth rally to protest anti-racism campaign It certainly doesn't help Duluth's cause Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFG Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Jupiter over at GPL just put this up tonight. Very cool tables show all the earnings of NCAA hockey teams. I was actually surprised to see Minnesota makes over 3x more than UND, who makes the second most in the nation. http://www.gopherpucklive.com/index.php?page=blogfull&id=11205 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticklethetwine Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Jupiter over at GPL just put this up tonight. Very cool tables show all the earnings of NCAA hockey teams. I was actually surprised to see Minnesota makes over 3x more than UND, who makes the second most in the nation. http://www.gopherpuc...ogfull&id=11205 I wonder if that is due in part to them rarely leaving Mariuccci. It certainly is true for non conference games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFG Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I wonder if that is due in part to them rarely leaving Mariuccci. It certainly is true for non conference games. I honestly have no idea. I just don't see how they can make so much more. Unless their FSN contract gives them a couple million per year. Which is highly possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticklethetwine Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I honestly have no idea. I just don't see how they can make so much more. Unless their FSN contract gives them a couple million per year. Which is highly possible. Your probably right as it may have something to do with the tv contracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagies Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 MN also has a huge fan base (relatively speaking, for college hockey) so perhaps merchandise sales, etc may contribute. I would guess the TV contract must be a big part of that, as mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoalieMask Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 That's very interesting. Denver, this weekend's opponent...breaks even? In fact, they are $1.00 in the red. That suprises me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckysieve Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 MN also has a huge fan base (relatively speaking, for college hockey) so perhaps merchandise sales, etc may contribute. I would guess the TV contract must be a big part of that, as mentioned. I thhink we have the highest ticket prices in the nation as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFG Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I thhink we have the highest ticket prices in the nation as well. UND's are (I believe) par with Minnesota except for the more expensive series against Minnesota and Denver That's very interesting. Denver, this weekend's opponent...breaks even? In fact, they are $1.00 in the red. That suprises me. I'd have to imagine by that list a lot of the schools just put their money at about breaking even and put the rest into other sports numbers or something judging by the amount of schools that break perfectly even. Looks like 1-26 do it with the actual numbers and 53-58 do it with actual numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I can't imagin MN recruiting budget is very costly. Almost all their players still come from MN so it's not like coaches are flying all over the country to watch games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFG Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 INCH's projections of what the brackets will look like selection Sunday. Interesting that they think Minnesota will be a #1 seed. Also think UND will end up in St. Paul with Minnesota. http://insidecollegehockey.com/inch/2012/02/23/4x4_v1/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InsideCollegeHockey+%28Inside+College+Hockey%29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianvf Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Interesting that they think Minnesota will be a #1 seed. Also think UND will end up in St. Paul with Minnesota. I don't think either of those would be stretches assuming UND makes the NCAA's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodcon Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I honestly have no idea. I just don't see how they can make so much more. Unless their FSN contract gives them a couple million per year. Which is highly possible. After looking at this, you guys should be pissed that your team hasn't been better the past few years...you're the Notre Dame football of college hockey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckysieve Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I don't think either of those would be stretches assuming UND makes the NCAA's... I would think the Gophers would almost have to win out to climb to a #1 seed. Placing UND in St. Paul makes sense geographically but the committee would be forced to ship them somewhere else if the seeds are Gophers as a #2 and UND as a #3 or #1 and #4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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